Box Office Report: 'Tees Maar Khan' to get 38 crores net

Box Office Report: 'Tees Maar Khan' to get 38 crores net: In a country hooked to masala entertainers, a Farah Khan film is indeed a cinematic event, and humungous expectations were attached to her film Tees Maar Khan.

The film witnessed a good opening at box office, raking in third largest first weekend collection for any Hindi movie with the business of a little over 38 crore nett. Only two films, Dabangg and 3 Idiots boast of better first weekend collection.

Starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, TMK opened to the first day business of Rs 13 crore on Friday. It picked up marginally on Saturday, with a collection of near about Rs. 13.25 crore. The business fell on Sunday - when it should have gone up - with the film making about Rs 12 crore.

Negative reviews and word of mouth dented the movie’s collection further on Monday.

On the other hand, Ajay Devgan and Kajol’s Toonpur Ka Superrhero took a dull start on Friday but picked up slightly on Saturday and Sunday. However, the film isn’t pulling much crowd.

Normally, Christmas weekend is big for Bollywood. Since last three years, Aamir Khan has been giving hits like Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini and 3 Idiots during Xmas weekend. TMK has fallen below expectations when compared to the mammoth business that Aamir’s films did.

Box Office Report: 13.5 cr Day 1 business of 'Tees Maar Khan' in India

Box Office Report: 13.5 cr Day 1 business of 'Tees Maar Khan' in India: Tees Maar Khan embarked on a fantabulous start in India, fetching approx. Rs. 13.5 cr nett on its opening day [Friday]. The circuit-wise breakup is as follows:-

Mumbai - 4.8 cr
Delhi-U.P. - 2.85 cr
Punjab - 1.23 cr
Eastern Cicruit - 1.15 cr
C.P. - 75 lacs
C.I. - 52 lacs
Rajasthan - 75 lacs
Nizam & Andhra – 68 lacs
Mysore - 59 lacs
Tamil Nadu & Kerala - 18 lacs

The Saturday numbers are expected to be bigger than Friday. The opening weekend is expected to cross Rs. 40 cr nett.

Box Office Report: Housefull opening of 'Tees Maar Khan'

Box Office Report: House full opening of 'Tees Maar Khan': Finally, ahead of Christmas, the theatres are seeing footfalls aplenty from cinegoers, thanks to Farah Khan’s latest film Tees Maar Khan.

As the initial box office reports trickle in, it’s clear that the movie starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif has opened to a huge response at ticket windows. The advance booking of the film at many urban centres has been exceptionally well, and the film opened to packed houses almost everywhere. At places the occupancy was 90 percent, but that’s as good as housefull.

Though the film hasn’t garnered very favourable reviews, it is likely see to a good weekend, considering that Saturday and Sunday are holidays, followed by the New Year’s Eve in the coming days.

Box Office Report: new releases going fair but ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ good

Box Office Report: new releases going fair but ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ good: There were altogether four releases last Friday: 332 Mumbai To India, Kaalo, Mirch and Payback, and all the movies failed to lure the audiences to cinema halls.

The movies opened to almost vacant houses with 0-5% occupancy and are likely to go without being noticed at the box office. However, Band Baaja Baaraat continues its winning streak in its second week.

Band Baaja Baaraat is steady even after its first week and that comes as a pleasant surprise. It started on a dull note, but as the rave reviews poured in, the collection of the film got better. The film managed to collect approx Rs 5.25 crore approx from its first weekend and the collections were nearly Rs 4.25 crore approx over the weekdays, making the film’s first week collection to near about Rs 9.50 crore. As the second week ticked in on Friday, the movie, instead of going down, performed better in some circuits.

Now, the ten-day total business of Band Baaja Baaraat is nearly Rs 13.50 crore approx and after two weeks the film is expected to do Rs 16.50 crore plus business. However, it will see a drop with the release of Tees Maar Khan this week.

No Problem which released alongside Band Baaja Baaraat, collected Rs 22.50 crore approx from its first week but the collection dropped from Monday. The film reportedly is having a good second week run on single screens due to lack of competition, but then too the movie will be considered a flop, given the high budget on which it is made.

Now all hopes are pinned on Tees Maar Khan which is releasing on 24th December. The year 2010 was not good for Bollywood in terms of business; let’s see what magic TMK weaves at the box office.

Box Office Report: 'No Problem' & 'Band Baaja Baaraat's interesting weekend

Box Office Report: 'No Problem' & 'Band Baaja Baaraat's interesting weekend: No Problem and Band Baaja Baaraat witnessed a downtrodden opening at the crate office but in the weekend both the films beat out preferable interest. As the assessments are handy for Band Baaja Baaraat, the film is looked for to admission well in nearing days.

Though Band Baaja Baaraat opened to a downtrodden 15 20% acknowledgement it picked up over on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday it did Rs 1 crore approx interest, on Saturday it was Rs 1. 75 crore and on Sunday it administered Rs 2. 50 crore. The weekend downright was Rs 5. 25 crore approx.

No Problem too witnessed a dull opening, the movie picked up on Saturday at multiplexes and Sunday was also better. It collected Rs 4.25 crore approx from Friday, Rs 5 crore approx from Saturday and Rs 6.25 crore approx from Sunday. The weekend total was nearly of Rs 15.50 crore approx. But as the movie’s reviews are bad it’s unlikely to do better in coming days.

Coming to past releases, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey had only Rs 4.75 crore approx in week one and is reportedly out from most of the theatres in week two. The movie is declared a disaster. Rakht Charitra 2 also joined the KHJJS league, the movie is a big flop with just Rs 2.75 crore approx business in week one.

Phas Gaye Re Obama grossed nearly Rs 2.25 crore approx in its first week. The film was steady on its weekdays, thanks to good reviews, but has limited screen space because of recent releases.

Box Office Report: Band Baaja Baaraat and No Problem badly open

Box Office Report: Band Baaja Baaraat and No Problem badly open: The lull which set in with the tanking of films like Guzaarish and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey continues this week as the two new releases, No Problem and Band Baaja Baaraat, fail to get expected footfalls in theatres.

No Problem, which has a huge cast and a director with a record of giving hits, opened to a 30 to 40 percent response at theatres. The footfalls in single screen theatres were much better than in multiplexes. The film has been panned by the critics and the negative word of mouth won’t do much to lift it up in the coming days.

On the other hand, YRF’s Band Baaja Baaraat, got rave reviews but opened very dull at box office. The film witnessed just 15 to 20 percent occupancy. Due to positive reviews and word of mouth it might pick up in the coming days.

The last week’s releases Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey can now be labelled as a flop. The film has just made a paltry Rs. 4.75 crore nett in its first week and is already off many theatres.

Rakht Charitra - 2 fared even worse. It just made a miniscule Rs 2.25 crore nett in its first week.

Box office Reports: continue bad response from three new releases

Box office Reports: continue bad response from three new releases: Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, Phas Gaye Re Obama and Rakht Charitra - 2 - the three releases of last week couldn’t do much to fight the box office blues. As the year 2010 is mostly a year of flops, a lot depends on the December releases.

The biggest film of the week, Ashutosh Gowariker’s Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey disappointed its makers with collection of just Rs 3.50 crore approx from its first weekend. The collections on Saturday and Sunday were better but can’t help the movie from being a sure-shot dud.

Phas Gaye Re Obama, the best of the lot, also had a poor weekend of just Rs 1.25 crore approx. The film did pick up on Saturday, alas, it couldn’t continue its better run at the BO. It can be said that the masses are still not accepting small budget films in a big way.

Rakht Charitra 2 had weekend business of only Rs 2 crore approx. The film is said to be better than Rakta Charitra 1 but its collections are lower. The first was a flop and second is also on its way.

Now all eyes are set on Yashraj Films’ Band Baaja Baaraat which is an entertainer releasing on December 10 along with the madcap comedy No Problem.

Box Office Report: Currently New Releases get down

Box Office Report: Currently New Releases get down: The movie buff isn’t in the mood for an outing it seems. For all the three releases of this Friday, Rakht Charitra - 2, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey and Phas Gaye Re Obama have opened to very poor response at box office.

Many expectations were attached to Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Khelein Hum… starring Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone. But despite the film’s patriotic theme, it got 10 to 20 percent response on its opening day.

Ram Gopal Varma’s Rakht Charitra 2 is faring no better. The film introducing south star Suriya to Bollywood is doing dull business even at single screen theatres where it was expected to do well.

Director Subhash Kapoor’s black comedy Phas Gaye Re Obama is also doing very poor despite getting rave reviews from critics.
Verdict: the box office also seems to have mood swings.

Box Office Report: 'Break Ke Baad' going not well at cash windows

Box Office Report: 'Break Ke Baad' going not well at cash windows: Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan starrer ‘Break Ke Baad’ has failed to rake in big money at the box office after opening to a low occupancy rate.

Though it performed better at high end multiplexes like PVR Ambience Gurgaon with an occupancy rate of 40%, its occupancy was abysmally low at 15-20% in other multiplexes. Despite some heavy promotions and hype, the film literally disappointed.

Expectations were also high riding on the new pairing of chic Imran Khan and the sexy Deepika Padukone. Plus, a lot was being expected from Aamir Khan’s bhanja after he delivered a semi-hit with ‘I Hate Luv Storys’.

However, the opening day didn’t go as well. And after negative reviews from critics, it’s unlikely that it’s performance shall improve much over the week.

On the other hand, ‘Allah ke Banday’ failed to set up any momentum. Dark theme, lack of publicity and dearth of big stars spelled disaster for this film that could barely afford an occupancy of 10-15 percent.

Sunny Deol and Tabu starrer much delayed project ‘Khuda Kasam’ failed to leave any mark and vanished behind the veils of oblivion. With an average occupancy of 10-25 percent, it hardly bothered the cashiers.

‘Guzaarish’ that released last week, surprisingly, continued its miserable run while ‘Golmaal 3’ has gone past a mark of Rs 100 crore. Staggering result for this comic caper!

Box Office Report: ‘Guzaarish’ get better performance not best!

Box Office Report: ‘Guzaarish’ get better performance not best!: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s arthouse yet commercial film Guzaarish has found many takers in the metros where the movie is doing well. But as the movie lacks mainstream masala that masses seek, its box office collections are lackluster in the rest of India.

With a poor start on its first day, the film with positive reviews from the critics could not really do better on Saturday and Sunday. However, in metros like Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Bangalore the audiences are appreciating the film.

The weekend collection of Guzaarish was mere Rs 14.95 crore approx. The coming days of the week will decide the film’s fate. The movie is also facing competition from Harry Porter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I. Harry Porter’s collection was also not bad; it collected approx Rs 8 crore from its first weekend.

Other releases of the week Deewangi Ne Hadh Kar Di and Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu were extremely poor at the BO. Both the movies will go unnoticed.

Coming to the overseas collection of Golmaal 3. The comedy flick is expected to finish its business with approx collection of $3.2 million. However, in India, Golmaal 3 had another huge week of Rs 29 crore approx which took its two-week total to around Rs 91 crore; it may hit Rs 100 crore mark in the coming days. The movie has been declared a Blockbuster.

Action Replayy, on the other hand, is a flop; the movie couldn’t improve its performance in the second week.

Box Office Report: 'Guzaarish' unexpected slow opening!

Box Office Report: 'Guzaarish' unexpected slow opening!: In the festive season when madcap comedies are all the rage, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s dark and broody film Guzaarish wasn’t expected to get a great opening anyway.

The film, starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, had an average, or even below average opening at many multiplexes in major cities. But as the rave reviews began to come in from critics, and the positive word of mouth from the viewers began to spread around, the film picked up in the evening shows.

Multiplexes in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune saw greater footfalls in the evening. The collection is likely to go up further on Saturday and Sunday.

Given the fact that the film has no major competition at box office except from Golmaal 3 which released two weeks back, Guzaarish is expected to do a decent business in its first week.

We will provide you the box office collections of the film soon. Keep watching this space.

Box Office Report: Golmaal 3 running good in an international markets

Box Office Report: Golmaal 3 running good in an international markets: Golmaal 3 bettered Action Replayy at the box office in all key international markets including U.S.A, U.K, Australia and the Middle East.

Golmaal 3, debuted at No.12 in the U.K. box office collecting £2,59,611 [approx. Rs. 1.86 crores] on 54 screens, with the per screen average working out to £4,808. In the U.S.A. the film debuted at No. 16 position collecting $626,432 [approx. Rs. 2.78 crores] on 86 screens, with the per screen average working out to $7,284.

Action Replayy debuted at No. 15 position in the U.K. collecting £1,54,911 [approx. Rs. 1.11 crores] on 55 screens, with the per screen average working out to £2,817; In the U.S.A. the film debuted at No. 23 position collecting approx. $300,000 [approx. Rs. 1.33 crores] on 100 screens, with the per screen average working out to $3,000.

The success of Golmaal 3 is attributed to the brand-value of the franchise and there is talk of a 4th edition. On the other hand Akshay and Aishwarya failed to pack the houses, we are unlikely to see a repeat performance from this jodi.

Box Office Report: Golmaal 3 up and Action Replayy?

Box Office Report: Golmaal 3 up and Action Replayy?: Aishwarya Rai took on Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar battled Ajay Devgan and with both the films having finally hit the theatres, the Box office report card has finally arrived and if the opening day is anything to go by, then it’s the Golmaal trilogy that is having things going its way.

Rohit Shetty’s comic caper which stars quite a few talented and rib tickling actors has demolished all competition from the retro flick Action Replayy which has received a pretty lukewarm response. Golmaal 3, riding high on its predecessors’ success, has been welcomed with open arms by the normal janta.

While Golmaal is going houseful with advance tickets flying off the shelves, Action Replayy is lagging behind and failing to pick up speed. While G3 is having an occupancy of 100 percent in some cinemas, Action Replayy is barely managing 40-50 percent.

But it is expected that as the weekend proceeds, Action Replayy shall recover slightly. But then going by the critics’ verdict, Action Replayy may never reach the stage it wanted to.

Both films have got advance bookings for Sunday but compared to Golmaal 3, Action Replayy is nearly licking dust. Despite the festive Diwali season and the presence of Aishwarya-Akshay, the film’s concept hasn’t quite lured the viewers who are veering towards the paisa vasool Golmaal fun.